diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/utils.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/utils.js
index 34f7569bc..fa08fa51d 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/utils.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/utils.js
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ RED.utils = (function() {
         return renderMarkdown(txt);
     }
 
-    let enable = true;
     const descriptionList = {
         name: 'descriptionList',
         level: 'block',                                     // Is this a block-level or inline-level tokenizer?
@@ -52,11 +51,11 @@ RED.utils = (function() {
         name: 'description',
         level: 'inline',           // Is this a block-level or inline-level tokenizer?
         start(src) {
-            if (!enable) return null
+            if (!src) return null
             src.match(/:/)?.index; // Hint to Marked.js to stop and check for a match
         },
         tokenizer(src, tokens) {
-            if (!enable) return null;
+            if (!src) return null;
             const rule = /^:([^:\n]+)\(([^:\n]+)\).*?:([^:\n]*)(?:\n|$)/;  // Regex for the complete token
             const match = rule.exec(src);
             if (match) {